Live Surgery Broadcast
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 14:30-16:00
Live Skull Base Surgery from the United states & Live Guidance of the Surgery from Rome
Saleem I. Abdulrauf, USA
This session will feature emerging technology that will allow Prof. Abdulrauf to take control of the microscope in St. Louis from the auditorium in Rome. In front of the audience, he will guide the surgeons in St. Louis and teach the audience about technical pearls and avoidance of complications in Skull Base Surgery.
State of the Art Lectures
Monday, October 10, 2011, 10:00-12:00
SURGERY FOR EPILEPSIES: DISCONNECTION PROCEDURES
Johannes Schraam, Germany
BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SPINE
Pierre Rabischong, France
AN UPDATE IN SEVERE HEAD INJURY
Peter Hutchinson, UK
MALIGNANT GLIOMA: WHAT TREATMENT STRATEGY?
Zvi Ram, Israel
SUPRATENTORIAL VENTRICULAR TUMOURS
Ugur Ture, Turkey
SURGERY FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Bart Nuttin, Belgium
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 10:00-12:00
SURGERY FOR BRAIN TUMOURS IN CHILDREN
Nejat Akalan,Turkey
CONVEXITY MENINGIOMAS IN ELOQUENT AREAS
Vladmir Beneš, Czech Republic
CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION: AN UPDATE
Peter Vajkoczy, Germany
UNRUPTURED ANEURYSMS: WHAT’S NEW
Manuel Cunha de Sa, Portugal
JUGULAR FORAMEN TUMOURS
Bernard George, France
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISK DISEASE
Rudolf Beisse, Germany
Pro & Con Controversies
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 10:00-12:00
SMALL VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMAS SURGERY VS RADIOSURGERY
Madjid Samii, Germany vs. Jean Regis, France
COILED ANEURYSMS RECANALIZED SURGERY VS RECOILING
Christian Raftopoulos, Belgium vs. Andy Molyneux, UK
CHALLENGING CEREBRAL AVMS SURGERY VS RADIOSURGERY
Robert F. Spetzler, USA vs. Federico Colombo, Italy
LARGE ANEURYSMS STENTING VS SURGERY
Christophe Cognard, France vs. Juha Hernesniemi, Finland
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 10:00-12:00
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMAS: RADICAL SURGERY VS PARTIAL PLUS RADIATION THERAPY Volker Seifert, Germany vs. Eugen Hug, Switzerland
CERVICAL DISCOPATHY ARTHRODESIS VS ARTHROPLASTY
Guy Matgé, Luxembourg vs Petr Suchomel, Czech Republic
BRAIN METASTASIS SURGERY VS RADIOSURGERY
Melike Mut, Turkey vs. Jeremy Rowe, UK
LUMBAR STENOSIS SURGERY INTERSPINOUS SPACER VS OPEN DECOMPRESSION
Bernhard Meyer, Germany vs. Claudius Thomé, Austria